Improvement in umbrella-supporters



A. H. ADAMS.

UMBRELLA-SUPPORTS.

.No.180,818. Patented. Aug.8, 1876.

UNITED" STATES PATENT OFFIoE.

AUGUST H. ADAMS, OF PIQUA, OHIO.

IMPROVEMENT IN UMBRELLA-SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 180,818, dated August8, 1876; application filed May 16, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, AUGUST H. ADAMS, ofPiqua, in the county of Miami, and in the State of Ohio, have invented anew and improved Socket Attachment for Wagon-Umbrellas, of which thefollowing is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a side elevation,partly in section, of my improved socket attachment for wagonumbrellas;and Fig. 2 is a top View of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates tolan improved socket attachment for wagon andbuggy umbrellas;

and the invention consists of an attachment having a socket for theumbrella-handle at one end and double sockets at suitable angle at theopposite end, to be secured by clampscrews to a grooved supporting-postattached to the wagon-seat.

In the drawing, A represents the socket attachment, that is preferablymade of cast-iron, and screwed firmly, by its upper socket part B, tothe handle of the umbrella. The lower end of the attachment A isprovided with two or more sockets, 0, one in line with the upper one,the others at a suitable angle thereto. The sockets O are fitted to astationarypost,

D, secured by a suitable base-plate, D, to the seat of the buggy orother vehicle. The post I) is provided with an annular groove, a, intowhich a clamp-screw, b, of each socket G enters, for the purpose ofrigidly securing the socket attachment.

When the umbrella is desired to be .used in upright position thestraight socket is used; but when an inclined position of the umbrellain storming weather is desired, the angular socket is used, and theumbrella then set and applied in the required direction by means of thegroove and set-screw. The umbrella may thus, by a cheap and simplesocket attachment, be secured in any desired position for protectingagainst sun and rain.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

A socket attachment for wagon-umbrellas, made with a socket for theumbrella-handle at one end and two or more sockets at the other end, atsuitable angles to each other, substantially in the manner and for thepurpose specified.

AUGUST H. ADAMS.

Witnesses:

J. F. MCKINNEY, S. S. MCKINNEY.

